Tom Shales Quotes

Making music on TV used to be as common as commercials. In the '60s and '70s, prime time was stuffed with variety shows headlined by such major and treasured talents as Carol Burnett, Red Skelton, the Smothers Brothers and Richard Pryor, who had a very brief comedy-variety hour on NBC that was censored literally to death.

Tom Shales

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 3, 1948

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It's a nice thing that I have nothing to hide from people.

Jimmy Savile

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Narendra Modi is a bubble. After elevation in his party, his first test was the Karnataka election. He failed miserably in that.

Jitin Prasada

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The old welfare system was hurting people by discouraging work and marriage. Welfare reform, and now this legislation, will build on the understanding that work and strong families are the foundation upon which we build our future.

Jim Talent

WorkMarriageFuturePeopleStrong

Blueberries, strawberries and blackberries are true super foods. Naturally sweet and juicy, berries are low in sugar and high in nutrients - they are among the best foods you can eat.

Joel Fuhrman

BestSweetYouSugarTrueHigh

Working harder is not a sustainable solution and it's not how people meet their destiny. It's time to get more creative. Instead of choosing one thing we love over something else we love, we must ask, 'how can I do both?' And, then, we can find solutions.

Maynard Webb

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Pixar is not about computers, it's about people.

John Lasseter

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People think of black English as ungrammatical, but it bears the same relationship to standard English as contemporary Hebrew does to ancient Hebrew.

John McWhorter

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Youthful beauty is a poor indicator of long-term appeal in a man.

Robert Rinder

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I'm in awe of directors like the Coen brothers who can shoot their script and edit it, and that's the movie. They're not discovering the movie in postproduction. They're editing the script they shot.

Spike Jonze

EditingAweShootWhoLikeShot

I believe in doing my work quietly and not make a big hullabaloo about it. That is how I operate. I don't see any other reason to be visible for; I like it when people talk about my work - that is what I am here for.

Sonakshi Sinha

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Both religions and musicals work best with energetic and committed believers. Cynicism or detachment would have destroyed the magic - something true of religion, too.

Lisa Randall

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We want justice, but at the same time, we gotta love and come together and bring unity, and I feel it's gonna happen.

DJ Khaled

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